Non-aromatic compound removal systems for para-xylene production

A method for removing non-aromatic compounds from a para-xylene production process, comprising:

• feeding a reformate stock stream into a xylene splitter, the xylene splitter producing a mixed xylene stream, the mixed xylene stream comprising para-xylene, ortho-xylene, and meta-xylene;
• feeding the mixed xylene stream through a membrane unit, the membrane unit producing a non-aromatics rich stream and a membrane unit product stream;
• processing the membrane unit product stream in a para-xylene recovery unit, the para-xylene recovery unit producing a para-xylene lean stream;
• processing the para-xylene lean stream in an isomerization unit, the isomerization unit producing an isomerization unit product stream;
• feeding the isomerization unit product stream into a deheptanizer unit, the deheptanizer unit producing a xylene rich stream;
• processing the xylene rich stream through a clay treater, the clay treater producing a clay treated stream;
• and
• feeding the clay treated stream into the xylene splitter.